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The proto-langspil: launching an Icelandic NIME research lab with the help of a marginalised instrument

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posted on 2023-06-10, 03:11 authored by Jack Armitage, Thor MagnussonThor Magnusson, Victor Shepardson, Halldor Ulfarsson
Historically marginalised instruments witness and bear vital stories that can deeply affect identity and galvanise communities when revitalised. We present the proto-langspil as a contemporary interpretation of the langspil, an Icelandic monochord-like folk instrument, and describe its agential and performative contributions to the first Icelandic NIME research lab. This paper describes how the proto-langspil has served as an instrument in establishing the research methodology of our new lab and concretised the research agenda via a series of encounters with music performers and composers, luthiers, anthropologists, musicologists, designers and philosophers. These encounters have informed and challenged our research practices, mapped our surroundings, and embedded us in the local social fabric. We share our proto-langspil for replication, and reflect on encounters as a methodology framing mechanism that eschews the more traditional empirical approaches in HCI. We conclude with a final provocation for NIME researchers to embrace AI research with an open mind.

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New Interfaces for Musical Expression proceedings

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2220-4806

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NIME

Event name

New Interfaces For Musical Expression

Event location

New Zealand

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conference

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28 June – 1 July 2022

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New Zealand

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  • Music Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2022-04-21

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-07-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2022-04-14

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